Borobudur by John Miksic

Author:John Miksic
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0910-0
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

One of Sudhana's Good Friends; a scene from the Gandavyuba. A human is shown in royal attire, seated in a pavilion with a chest beneath him, symbolizing wealth, (panel II.88)

Teachers, probably monks, would have led devotees along the galleries, explaining the tenets of the faith and illustrating their lectures with the carved panels. The journey to the summit certainly took more than a single day to complete, with much time devoted to rituals. Visitors would have performed ceremonies at various stages along the way up and around the galleries. The entire process was simultaneously a physical ascent to the summit of the mountain and an intellectual ascent to the ultimate source of spiritual power.

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